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R. STILWELL.

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No. 223,551. Patented Jan. 13. 1880..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I t IGKASON STILWELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 223,551, dated January13, 1880.

Application filed January 30, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RIOKASON STILWELL, of the city of New York, in thecounty of New York and State of New .York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvementsin Cots;

, slat system.

Figure 1 in the drawings represents a perspective view of the cot, aportion of one end being cut away to show the details of the foldinglegs. Fi 2 is a side View, partly in section, showing a folded headboardand headrest and the legs in a partly-folded position.

The same letters in all the figures refer to corresponding parts.

The frame of the cot may be made in any customary manner. It is shownwith two 1011- gitudinal pieces, a a, connected together by cross-piecesb b and cross-bars c c.

The headboard A is shown supported by rods 01 d, pivoted to side pieces,and resting, when head-board is raised, against the bars (3.

B is my improved head-rest, which is composed of slats connected bycross-rods, as

shown in Fig. l. The head-rest B is pivoted at one end to thehead-board, and the other end slopes to and rests upon the principalslats, as shown. When the cot is folded the head-rest folds under thehead-board, as shown in Fig. 2.

The legs h h at each end of the cot are connected by cross-bars z 42,.and are each provided at their top ends with dowel-pins k, to enterholes in bottom of side pieces when legs are in use, asin Fig. 1, andahook, r, Fig. 1, is extended from the cross-bar i of the legs to thecross-piece b of the frame,to hold the legs up and dowels in place.Linksjj are pivoted at their ends to the legs and frame, respectively,and act as braces when legs are in use, but permit latter to fold.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In theconstruction of cots, the combination, with a folding head-board, of ahead-rest composed of slats pivoted at one end to the head-board so asto fold with the head-board, and with its free end resting, when in use,on the slat system, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

RIGKASON STILWELL.

Witnesses:

HENRY ARDEN, ANDREW J. FALLON.

